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Vol. 2, No. 2 Spring 2005
Artstor Digital Library Now Available
Through the Loyola/Notre Dame Library
Joanne Helouvry, Reference Librarian
The college community now has access to ARTstor, a digital library
of art images, associated information, and software tools designed
to enhance teaching and learning in the arts, architecture, and
history. Access is available on and off campus.
ARTstor contains over 300,000 images of art, architecture and
archaeology from many different cultures and time periods; its
strength is in European, American, and Asian cultures. ARTstor
provides the campus communities with access to a wide range of
visual materials for educational and scholarly use.
ARTstor documents artistic and historical traditions across many
time periods and cultures and focuses on, but is not limited to,
the arts. ARTstor is designed to be used by researchers in fields
that do not traditionally use images, as well as by art historians.
ARTstor‘s Charter Collection has been derived from several
source collections that are the product of collaborations with
libraries, museums, photographic archives, publishers, slide libraries,
and individual scholars. These source collections include:
- The Image Gallery: A collection of 200,000 images of world
art and culture corresponding to the contents of a university
slide library, constructed in response to college teaching needs.
Since the images have been cataloged with subject headings, they
will be useful both to those in the arts and in many other fields;
- The Carnegie Arts of the United States: A widely used
collection of images documenting aspects of the history of American
art, architecture, visual and material culture;
- The Huntington Archive of Asian Art: A broad photographic
overview of the art of Asia from 3000 B.C. through the present;
- The Illustrated Bartsch: A collection derived from the
art reference publication of the same name, containing images
and data related to more than 50,000 old master European prints
from the 15th to 19th centuries;
- The Mellon International Dunhuang Archive: High-resolution
images of wall paintings and sculpture from the Buddhist cave
shrines in Dunhuang, China, along with related objects and art
from the caves that are now in museums and libraries in Europe
and the U.S.; and
- The MoMA Architecture and Design Collection: A comprehensive
collection of high-resolution images representing the holdings
of the Department of Architecture and Design of The Museum of
Modern Art (MoMA) in New York.
ARTstor’s software tools enable users to view and analyze
images through features such as zooming and panning, and to save
groups of images for personal or group uses, as well as for use
in lectures and other presentation, either online or offline.
To access ARTstor:
- Go to the Loyola/Notre Dame Library home page
- click on ARTS
- then click on ARTstor.
- From the ARTstor homepage, click on the "Search and
Browse for Images" link in the lower left to enter the ARTstor
Library.
- Users will be able to register themselves via the tools
in the ARTstor Library. After registering, please note the HELP
toolbar menu.
What are the technical requirements?
Pop-up blocking software must be disabled.
How do I disable pop-up blockers?
Java Version 1.3 or above is required.
What version of Java do I have?
1024x768 Monitor resolution is recommended.
How do I change my monitor resolution?
Cookies must be enabled.
How do I enable cookies?
Flash Player Version 6 or above is required.
How do I install Flash Player?
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